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Title: UNITEK / ALPS - unusual layout
Post by: msiegel on Fri, 02 October 2009, 02:55:02

http://cgi.ebay.com/VINTAGE-UNITEK-MINI-SPACE-SAVER-KEYBOARD-SN-598-IBM_W0QQitemZ250504791725QQcmdZViewItemQQptZPCA_Mice_Trackballs?hash=item3a533fc6ad&_trksid=p3286.c0.m14

Title: UNITEK / ALPS - unusual layout
Post by: wellington1869 on Fri, 02 October 2009, 08:25:13

Quote from: msiegel;122230

http://cgi.ebay.com/VINTAGE-UNITEK-MINI-SPACE-SAVER-KEYBOARD-SN-598-IBM_W0QQitemZ250504791725QQcmdZViewItemQQptZPCA_Mice_Trackballs?hash=item3a533fc6ad&_trksid=p3286.c0.m14

spacesaver and $29. nice price, but slightly weird layout as you say.

Title: UNITEK / ALPS - unusual layout
Post by: timw4mail on Fri, 02 October 2009, 08:31:49

I've seen weirder...like the Cherry space saver keyboards

Title: UNITEK / ALPS - unusual layout
Post by: skriefal on Fri, 02 October 2009, 08:42:55

Ugh.  Why do so many of these compact keyboards have monstrously huge Enter keys?  Space is at a premium on these boards; the ANSI single-row Enter is a much better choice.

Title: UNITEK / ALPS - unusual layout
Post by: msiegel on Fri, 02 October 2009, 11:56:41

Quote from: skriefal;122269

Ugh.  Why do so many of these compact keyboards have monstrously huge Enter keys?  Space is at a premium on these boards; the ANSI single-row Enter is a much better choice.

yeah, that is odd!